FEATURED ARTICLES ABOUT COURT ORDER - PAGE 5

April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors dropped charges against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator, according to a court order signed by a judge on Tuesday. The move came hours after Paul Kevin Curtis was released from a Mississippi jail on bond. In a court order calling for the charges to be dismissed, prosecutors said the "ongoing investigation has revealed new information" without providing any additional detail.

The court order read: "Mandatory order not to occupy 2nd Floor." Yet since July 19, 2002, when Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel J. Lynch ordered the E2 nightclub closed for numerous code violations, the club on the second floor of 2347 S. Michigan Ave. has continued to operate. Every Thursday through Sunday the doors were open, a deejay was spinning thumping dance music and hundreds of people partied on the second floor, according to employees, patrons and city officials. As city officials scrambled to investigate the stampede that left 21 people dead, there were questions about how a high-profile nightclub could flout a court order for seven months.

An unemployed west suburban car salesman, who apparently shot himself to death after killing his estranged wife and her father, had been under a court order to stay away from the woman because of an earlier threat on her life, police said Monday. John Greer, 42, of 1523 Highland Ave., Glendale Heights, shot his wife and her father Sunday night, then set fire to the couple's home and turned the gun on himself, police believe. He apparently planned his wife's death for at least a week, police said.

A Plainfield man found guilty last year of killing his girlfriend's son had the verdict vacated and was granted a new trial by a Will County judge on April 4. Santos Loza, 33, was found guilty in October in the 2008 death of his girlfriend's child, 9-month-old Kevion Bender. Judge Sarah Jones ruled that Loza's conviction on first-degree murder be vacated in a court order issued April 4. Jones agreed in the order with an argument made by Loza's attorneys in a post-conviction appeal.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Wednesday said Google Inc has blocked access to an email containing confidential client data that a contractor sent to a stranger's Gmail account by mistake, an error that the bank said threatened a "needless and massive" breach of privacy. The breach occurred on June 23 and included "highly confidential brokerage account information," Goldman said in a complaint filed on Friday in a New York state court in Manhattan. Goldman did not say how many clients were affected.

Discharge of lien: Order removing a lien on property. Garnishment: Court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and send the money to the court or to a person who has won a lawsuit against the employee.

Police charged Raul Casillas, 31, of 704 Blackhawk Drive, University Park, with battery after he was accused of hitting a man in the face with a stick. He was released on that charge on his recognizance, but was turned over to the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department on their warrant for obstructing a court order.

Donald H. Mitchell, 46, of 1191 Kings Rd., Crete, was charged Tuesday with violating an order of protection. He was arrested at 5:30 p.m. at the Crete police station after police said he followed his wife there in violation of a court order. Mitchell was released on an I-bond.

Jeff E. Gibbs, 27, of 4135 Cedarwood Lane, Matteson, was charged Saturday with driving with a revoked license, having no valid registration, improper use of registration and failure to carry proof of insurance. He was turned over to the Cook County sheriff's police on a warrant for obstructing a court order.

A Carol Stream man was arrested Monday after entering an Addison woman's home in violation of a court order and trying to choke her, police said. John Morris, 35, of the 100 block of Klein Creek Court was charged with violation of an order of protection and domestic battery, police said.